"Step Up." Touchstone Pictures/"Step Up" His star was on the rise and soon got a three-picture deal at Paramount.

But as he told Howard Stern this week, he did not want to do the first project the studio offered him, which was "G.I. Joe."

"Look, I'll be honest, I f------ hate that movie," he told Stern. "I was pushed into doing that movie…They give you the contract and they go, 'Three picture deal, here you go!' And as a young [actor] you're like, 'Oh my God, that sounds amazing, I'm doing that!'"

Paramount Pictures/"G.I. Joe: Retaliation"

Tatum said his main reason why he didn't want to do the "G.I. Joe" project was that "the script wasn't any good."

When Stern asked if he had an option to pass on the project, Tatum said, "[There's] no option. 'You're doing this or we're going to sue you.'"